🕰️ On This Day in History
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2013 — The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
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2012 — At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
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1996 — Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
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1996 — Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.
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1995 — On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island,...
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